New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The
Silversun Pickups announce their 15-Date November tour in cities including Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Tulsa (full dates below) with support from Zella Day. Tickets for these dates will go on sale on Friday, October 1st at 10 am local time.
Recently,
Silversun Pickups shared their new song "Toy Soldiers," a reimagined version of Martika's classic track, produced by
Butch Vig and recorded in January. "We were thinking about songs from the '80s that we loved growing up, that had a big radio moment and was part of our cultural DNA," Brian Aubert of the band says. "A song that you know right away when you hear it. We thought of 'Toy Soldiers' as a great example of this and decided we should try and record it."
Silversun Pickups' 5th studio album, Widow's Weeds, is out now via their own New Machine Recordings label. The band enlisted
Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth) to produce their latest, an extroverted and open album about rebirth and renewal. Said lead singer Brian Aubert about Widow's Weeds: "This was the first album where we were open. We were exposed. I see how that can be scary to people, but for us, we really thrived on that." Widow's Weeds is available for purchase on all formats. Upon release, lead singer Brian Aubert also provided an in-depth look at the album's origin and influences in a track-by-track guide via Consequence of Sound.
Bursting out of the Silverlake, CA music scene in the early 2000s, Silversun Pickups- lead singer Brian Aubert, bassist
Nikki Monninger, drummer
Christopher Guanlao and keyboardist Joe Lester- have maintained their independence throughout their storied career. They released their first three albums on the local label, Dangerbird Records, before founding their own label, New Machine Recordings, for the release of their most recent albums, Widows Weeds, and Better Nature. Now almost two decades into their career, they remain a vital and important rock band and have racked up ten Top 20 hits on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, as well as over a million records sold in the US.
Silversun Pickups November Tour
Mon, Nov 1 - Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue
Tue, Nov 2 - Madison, WI at The Sylvee
Wed, Nov 3 - Chicago, IL at The Vic Theatre
Fri, Nov 5 - Milwaukee, WI at The Rave
Sat, Nov 6 - Newport, KY at Ovation
Mon, Nov 8 - Detroit, MI at Saint Andrew's Hall
Wed, Nov 10 - Grand Rapids, IM at Intersection
Thu, Nov 11 - Indianapolis, IN at The Vogue
Fri, Nov 12 - Pittsburgh, PA at Stage AE
Sun, Nov 14 - Cleveland, OH at Agora Theatre
Mon, Nov 15 - Columbus, OH at Newport
Music Hall
Thu, Nov 18 - St. Louis, MO at The Pageant
Fri, Nov 19 - Kansas City, MO at The Truman
Sat, Nov 20 - Omaha, NE at Slowdown
Sun, Nov 21 - Tulsa, OK at Cain's Ballroom
